11 Apr, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
06 Feb, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - February 2024 By Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and...
19 Dec, 2023 Green is for go - first agreement proceeds under UK competition and sustainability rules By Emma Cochrane Jonathan Ford The CMA has published its first piece of informal guidance under its Green Agreements Guidance, giving the Fairtrade Foundation UK the...
12 Dec, 2023 Fifty Shades of Green? Sustainability and antitrust developments in Asia By Gilly Hutchinson In the shadow of COP28, we are reminded of the imperatives to engage our businesses in achieving environmental and sustainability goals....
08 Nov, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - November 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and globally on the full...
18 Oct, 2023 Keen, green sustainability machine: UK’s CMA publishes final Guidance on environmental sustainability agreements By Emma Cochrane Zoe Cameron Jonathan Ford Last week, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its ‘Green Agreements Guidance’ in final form (having previously...
04 Oct, 2023 Green Deals: Can EU Merger Control support the bloc’s wider policy objectives? By Jonathan Ford Emma Cochrane Last week, the European Commission published its latest competition merger brief, setting out the views of staff in its Directorate...
05 Sep, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - September 2023 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and globally on the full...
05 Jul, 2023 Baby steps – European Commission opens the door for positive engagement on sustainability agreements but more can be done By Emma Cochrane EU rules on horizontal cooperation agreements have now been finalised, with some key developments with respect to the guidance on...
04 Jul, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2023 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, Middle East and globally on...
16 Jun, 2023 ESG and German competition law – a box of chocolates? By Kaan Gürer Nina Seydel Dorothee de Crozals Forrest Gump knew it all along: Life is like a box of chocolates, and you never know what you’re gonna get. And this still seems to apply...
12 Jun, 2023 New greenwashing podcast: UK competition, consumer and advertising sphere By Sara Feijao In the new podcast series - Running the greenwashing gauntlet: exploring the litigation and regulatory risks - members of our...
25 May, 2023 Green advertising claims in the UK: CMA’s new fining powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill By Emma Cochrane Sarah Martin The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (DMCC) has now landed. As anticipated in our March blog post, the DMCC heralds a...
03 May, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full range of...
18 Apr, 2023 UK CMA's Sustainability Consultation By Emma Cochrane Jonathan Ford We wrote in February about the CMA’s Draft Guidance on Environmental Sustainability Agreements. In April we submitted our response to the...
24 Mar, 2023 A German boost to ESG and Competition Law By Dorothee de Crozals Nina Seydel Germany takes the next step: The debate on ESG and Competition law - seemingly having slowed down since the Federal Cartel Office’s (FCO)...